America’s Engineering Industry Helped Build Chicago. Now It’s Coming Back
Washington, DC - On October 13th, the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) – the voice of America’s engineering industry – will hold its annual conference in one of America’s greatest cities; Chicago, Illinois. “America’s engineers shape our world and our industry provides significant value to society,” ACEC President and CEO Linda Darr. “From the buildings we live and work in, to the roads and bridges we rely on and the water and power systems that sustain us, engineers make our...
IBI Group-Designed Confederation Line LRT Downtown Tunnel Opens to Public
TORONTO - Global design and technology firm, IBI Group (TSX:IBG), completed the station design of the downtown tunnel portion of Ottawa’s Confederation Line – a 13-station, 12.5km light rail transit line with a 2.5km underground segment beneath the city center – which is now open to the public. As part of the Rideau Transit Group consortium, IBI Group led the design of the three underground stations – Lyon, Parliament and Rideau – creating iconic facilities that offer spacious and elegant design...
Infrastructure Advancement Institute Appoints Mikhaylova of RINKER Materials™ to Board
HOUSTON – The Infrastructure Advancement Institute (IAI) recently named Alena Mikhaylova, Technical Promotions Engineer with Rinker Materials™ to its Board of Directors. Mikhalova joins 11 other industry leaders on the Board fostering IAI’s mission of collaboration between contractors, engineers and owners on public and private infrastructure construction, operation, and maintenance projects. Responsible for the oversight of Rinker Materials™ on stormwater management systems using concrete pi...
Alabama DOT, University of Alabama Aim to Create Connected Road
Researchers at the University of Alabama are embarking on a three-year $16.8 million project to transform the roads and highways in the Tuscaloosa area into a “smart transportation network” that is safer, less congested, and more environmentally friendly. [Above photo of the West Central Region Traffic Center – a command and control center established by the Alabama Department of Transportation on the campus of the University of Alabama – courtesy of the Alabama Transportation Institute.]...
NCDOT Provides First Round of State Street-Aid Funding
The North Carolina Department of Transportation began distributing more than $147.5 million in State Street-Aid to Municipalities on September 27, also known as the Powell Bill fund , to 508 cities and towns across the state. [Above photo by the NCDOT.] The agency made an initial alloca...
National Freight Report Highlights Growing Capacity Challenges
The growth in commercial truck freight could be put at risk by inadequate highway capacity; lack of funding for improving the freight network and a shortage of truck drivers. [Above photo by the Virginia DOT.] That’s according to a new 37-page report issued October 3 by the national tr...
Neste to lead its Renewable Polymers and Chemicals business from its office in Düsseldorf, Germany
Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel and renewable aviation fuel and an expert in delivering drop-in renewable and circular polymers and chemicals solutions, opens a new office in Düsseldorf, Germany, to serve as the global hub for its Renewable Polymers and Chemicals business unit. The business unit provides the plastics and chemicals industries globally with solutions derived from biomass and chemically recycled plastic waste, enabling sustainability-oriented companies to re...
Helsinki invites cities to solve global problems together
Helsinki Impact Conference will this week bring a great number of decision-makers, researchers and urban policy influencers, who take an interest in sustainable city development, to the Music Centre in Helsinki. As host of the Conference, the City of Helsinki wishes to boost inter-city cooperation, which is needed to solve global problems and to tighten the European community. “Cities create opportunities for smooth and good every-day life. They are trendsetters and a platform for the most im...
ESI ThoughtLab study reveals measurable ROI on Smart City investments
Stantec, along with think tank ESI ThoughtLab and a coalition of partners, has unveiled preliminary findings from the 2019 Smart City Research Initiative. The study of 100 worldwide metro centers, co-sponsored by Stantec and other industry leaders, found that most cities are seeing major economic, financial, and social benefits from their investments in smart technologies, but also greater cyber-risks, if digital innovation is not managed properly. According to the study, 38% of cities deploy...
HNTB Corporation has been shaping infrastructure in Houston for 105 years
Firm celebrates 40th anniversary of Houston office opening. HOUSTON, Texas – HNTB Corporation is proud to mark the 40th anniversary of its Houston office opening in 1979, and traces roots in the region dating to 1915. That year, the firm helped build the Bray’s Bayou Bridge. HNTB would go on to help shape Houston’s transportation system through transformative projects such as several Houston Ship Channel crossings, San Luis Pass Toll Bridge, NASA Visitor Center (HVAC system design), nume...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
